Anastasiia Yeva Domani
Anastasiia Yeva Domani | |
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Анастасія-Єва Доман | |
An image of Yeva Domani | |
| Born | 1 February 1979 |
| Occupation | LGBT+ activist |
Anastasiia Yeva Domani (Ukrainian: Анастасія-Єва Домані; born 1 February 1979) is a Ukrainian LGBT+ activist and co-founder of Cohort, a Ukrainian transgender rights organisation.[1][2]
Early life
She was born on 1 February 1979 in Kyiv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union, to a family with one other brother.[3] She began presenting actively as a woman in 2000 when she went on work trips outside of Ukraine, prior to this she had only presented in private.[3]
Before transitioning, Domani worked as a sports journalist and was a noted supporter of football club Dynamo Kyiv.[4] She also worked in Poland for three years, developing a personal clothing brand for tights, and upon returning to Ukraine ran an online store.[3]
Activism
After realising that she was trans, she began organising local gatherings of other trans people. In 2017, she began working for LGBT+ rights organisation Insight.[5] In 2020, she co-founded Cohort.[6] Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cohort has provided humanitarian, financial, and medical assistance to transgender people during the war across major cities like Dnipro and Odesa, among others.[7] The organisation has received funding from the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RSFL) and GATE, but also more recently since the war they organisation has received donations from Outright International and ILGA-Europe.[7]
She is also a representative of the transgender community to the Ukrainian National Council on HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis.[7]
Personal life
When she was 27, she married her wife, after having dated for two and a half years prior.[3] They have one daughter.[3] In interviews, she stated she and her wife had serious conflicts following her transition and had discussed separating, but they remained married despite living apart.[3][8] She currently lives in Kyiv.
References
- ^ Domani, Anastasiia Yeva (21 February 2021). "Here's how I run an unofficial trans hormone clinic in Ukraine". Gay Times. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Burgess, Annika (2 March 2023). "Russia may be weaponising homophobia, but the war has strengthened Ukraine's fight for LGBT rights". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Трансгендер Анастасія-Єва Крістель Домани: Жити життям жінки". Сlutch (in Ukrainian). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ^ Milutis, Tara (26 February 2020). "Anastasiia Yeva Domani: How a transgender woman in Ukraine fought for her rights and discovered the activist within her". UN Women. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Chernichkin, Kostyantyn (2017-12-15). "Transgender woman working to ease lives of Ukrainians like herself". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Sanders, Wren (13 June 2022). "Anastasiia Yeva Domani Isn't Going Anywhere". Them. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "La militante ukrainienne Anastasiia Yeva Domani explique à l'ONUSIDA comment la communauté transgenre fait face à la guerre en Ukraine | UNAIDS". www.unaids.org (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "Транс-перехід. Зміна документів, візит до психіатра і розмови у військкоматі "за життя"". ФОКУС (in Ukrainian). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2026.